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18F-FDG PET/CT successfully detected and helped stage a rare primary pulmonary epithelioid angiosarcoma in a 54-year-old female.
Case Report (n=1)
18F-FDG PET/CT can be useful in detecting and staging rare primary pulmonary epithelioid angiosarcomas.
May support 18F-FDG PET/CT for rare pulmonary angiosarcomas; leaves open need for prospective validation before wider use.
We describe a rare case of primary pulmonary epithelioid angiosarcoma detected by F-FDG PET/CT. A 54-year-old female patient with history of non-Hodgkin lymphoma underwent F-FDG PET/CT for follow-up. PET/CT detected an area of increased F-FDG uptake corresponding to a 4-cm mass located in the inferior lobe of the left lung. Based on this PET/CT finding, the patient underwent left inferior pulmonary lobectomy. Histology demonstrated the presence of a pulmonary epithelioid angiosarcoma. Other sites of disease were excluded. In our case, F-FDG PET/CT has been useful in detecting and staging this rare primary pulmonary tumor.
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Treglia et al. (2013) conducted a case report in Primary pulmonary epithelioid angiosarcoma (n=1). 18F-FDG PET/CT was evaluated on Detection and staging of primary pulmonary tumor. 18F-FDG PET/CT successfully detected and helped stage a rare primary pulmonary epithelioid angiosarcoma in a 54-year-old female.
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